Mozzarella, saucy tofu and the sad facts about counting calories

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More L.A. Times Food news:

From Travel: Italy’s Campania region is where fresh mozzarella roams. Near Naples is where you’ll find the real thing: silky-soft cheese from unpasteurized buffalo milk. Eat it on its own and, preferably, as soon as you buy it.

From National: All Kelley Coffman-Lee wanted to do was broadcast her love of tofu to the driving public.
So the Colorado vegan applied to the state’s Department of Revenue for a vanity license plate for her Suzuki SL7 carrying the message: ILVTOFU. Request denied. Why? ‘It could be misinterpreted in a way that suggests that she likes something other than tofu,’ explained revenue department spokesman Mark Couch.
From Health: Counting calories is a tough math problem. Losing weight is nothing but a numbers game. If the number of calories burned is greater than the number of calories consumed -- bingo! Weight loss.
-- Rene Lynch

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